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Kelley claims diplomatic status

“It’s not suitable to the status of honorary consul that (she) sought to be involved in commercial projects and peddle influence. It’s also inappropriate as honorary consul,” Kim said.

Kelley came into the national spotlight amid allegations that she had exchanged tens of thousands of possibly inappropriate emails with Marine Gen. John Allen. Kelley also triggered a FBI probe of Petraeus’s ex-mistress, Paula Broadwell, who allegedly sent threatening anonymous emails to Kelley.

Her status as an honorary consul came under scrutiny when Kelley made a 911 call earlier this month asking police to get reporters off her lawn, saying that she is “an honorary consul general, so I have inviolability.” Honorary consuls have no such diplomatic protection.

Kelley’s role is to serve as a liaison between the Atlanta consulate and the Korean community in Florida, a South Korea Embassy official told POLITICO this month, but since Kelley was only given the title in August, she hasn’t yet done much in the actual role.

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She is an embarrassment in addition to being a security threat. Maybe Petraeus is the best general since Patton(not really, we are about to lose in Afghan), but when it comes to judgement on other matters, he has a 10 cent head.

Another Obama type loser goes down in flames! Maybe she can be made a Czar of General Uses and do some more undercover operations. Where do the Obamatrons find all these credible types to give stars, badges, mirrors and I Love You banners? WE have rappers, singers, noise makers and all sorts of losers getting great Obamagigs. And, we pay the price or provide food stamps to the rest

In fact, she met her latest business schmooze contact, Adam Victor, at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. That was in an attempt to broker a coal business deal in South Korea for a cool $80 million "finder's fee".

Let me try to get this right. Jill Kelley is a Lebanese woman who was acting since August as an "honorary counsul" for the South Korean government? Interesting that South Korea couldn't employ someone with language skills and Korean community ties? One needs to ask why they chose her in the first place?

Nonetheless, Ms.Kelley can find other places to peddle what now will be little influence, if any. Unintended consequences of her actions.

.... looks like a water moccasin in·vi·o·la·ble inviolable pronunciation:ihnvaI?l?b?l part of speech: adjective definition 1: absolutely not to be violated or profaned.The brothers made an inviolable agreement never to tell what they saw that day.similar words:sacred definition 2: incapable of being harmed, as by attack.antonyms:violablesimilar words:impregnable, invulnerable, secure related words: hallowed, invincible, invulnerable, tenable derivations: inviolably (adv.), inviolability (n.)

It s amazing what passes for influence. That this sour puss even impressed a general or post commander into naming her as their social conduit to greater Tampa is a giant horse laugh on these stooges who run our military. No wonder they waste our money and our kids lives making stupid decisions about our defense. Is Patreus just another overated, self centered, hack? Diane Feinstein defends his actions as a fish out of water after he took his uniform off. Pretty sad excuse for dumping on your wife and your credibility as a leader of our spy system. What a joke these skells are.

chillyone....#19...thanks for your 2 cents.....it really wasn't needed or required....there are those of us who love the humor and the laughs it provides.....makes our day! BTW....."Teabagger "is a "political party" not a San Francisco specialty....it was founded by a VP candidate, once removed..... The dictionary describes the various ways it can be used or pronounced.....she should have thought about that when it was named!